On March 4, Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced the Defending American Jobs Act of 2004, with 50 bipartisan co-sponsors. “This legislation would bar companies from receiving federal grants, loans and loan guarantees if they lay off a greater percentage of workers in the United States than they lay off in other countries.”
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Daily Archives: March 5, 2004
Challenges Faced by News Providers
What Newspapers and Their Web Sites Must Do to Survive: “Longtime online news consultant Vin Crosbie says newspapers and their Web sites must change their approach to publishing news — online and off — if they want to successfully compete with the many Web sites and other new information sources vying for readers’ attention and… Continue Reading
Report on Unauthorized Access to Senate Judiciary Cmte. Computer Files
“Report on the Investigation into Improper Access to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Computer System (March 4, 2004). The Report Prepared By The U.S. Senate’s Sergeant At Arms On How Two Former GOP Senate Judiciary Committee Staffers Downloaded Thousands Of Democratic Files From The Senate Judiciary Committee’s Computer Network On Democratic Opposition To President Bush’s Judicial… Continue Reading
9/11 Commission to Hold Series of Public Hearings
CNN reports that the 9/11 Commission will proceed with eight days of public hearings beginning March 23. Testimony is expected from cabinet secretaries from the Clinton and Bush administrations. Continue Reading
Statistical Abstract of the United States 2003
Now available from the Census Bureau, the 2003 Statistical Abstract of the United States: users may download the text, which is published in 31 sections, as well as appendices and associated content, all in pdf. Continue Reading
Calendars of the U.S. House of Representatives and History of Legislation
New from GPO Access on March 4, the addition of the Final House Calendar, 108th Congress, First Session to the searchable database that dates back to the 104th Congress. Continue Reading
Canadian Supreme Court Rules Against Publishers’ Copyright Group
From the Supreme Court of Canada, a recent and notable copyright decision of interest to those tracking the course of the Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act (DCIMA): The Law Society of Upper Canada v. CCH Canadian Limited – and between – The Law Society of Upper Canada v. Thomson Canada Limited c.o.b. as… Continue Reading
